Tech: Too Big To Fail?I opened my annual predictions last week by noting that the technology industry had leapfrogged finance as the most powerful political…Jan 72Jan 72
Predictions 2025: Big Tech Takes the ReinsThis isn’t going to be a normal year.Dec 30, 202433Dec 30, 202433
Predictions 2024: Grading My Own Homework2024 is in the books, and it’s time to grade my homework. One year ago I posted my 2024 predictions, fresh off a so-so showing in 2023. So…Dec 23, 2024Dec 23, 2024
Will Bluesky Embrace Advertising? Yes, But the Question Is How.I’ve been in the business of making new kinds of media companies, media platforms, and media technologies since before the Web was born…Dec 9, 202423Dec 9, 202423
Where The Sky Is BlueEmily Liu at Bluesky has a timely post that I’d like to respond to. (Back in the day, when blogging was a thing, we did a lot of this —…Nov 26, 202468Nov 26, 202468
Can We Govern Ourselves?I’m still digging through some of the pieces I posted at the now defunct NewCo Shift, and found this piece, adapted from a talk I gave at…Aug 7, 2024Aug 7, 2024
AI Is Eating the Web. Same as It Ever Was.Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers (Because AI Companies Keep Making New Ones) — 404 MediaJul 31, 20242Jul 31, 20242